Blogs from Africa - page 3331

My journey begun not in Zambia, but in Canada for three intense weeks of preparation. One week in Vancouver for the Engineers Without Borders conference and two weeks in Toronto. During this time, I went through a mind expanding overseas development training course. Now, although I had already had taken courses in development studies in University, personally studied and taught development at the EWB Calgary chapter for 3 years, and went through a one week EWB course before my placement in India, this training took my level of understanding of development to a whole new level. I trained with 8 other phenomenally talented and passionate volunteers; 2 going to Haiti, 2 to Ghana, 1 to Cameroon, 1 to Lesotho, 1 undetermined, and myself to Zambia. We were equipped with an arsenal of tools and knowledge that ... read more

Driving down to Port Louis, in the extended rush hour, normally until 9:30 am but when it rains, and because money is scarce for the majority of the population in Mauritius, car tyres are as bold as my Dad's head. So as to avoid the famous “aquaplaning” in Mauritius which actually looks like water skiing, instead of driving at the permitted speed limit in Mauritius on the dual carriage way : 90 KMS an hour Mauritian drivers have "grinded" to a 35 km, stop and go, for the 30 kilometre stretch from Floréal to Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. It seems the sun will not be here for quite a few days still. The poor tourists who, since arriving in Mauritius, have only had rain for nearly 2 weeks, what a holiday for them - ... read more

We have nothing but rain for the last 10 days. All this is starting to get depressive for Carol, my wife and 2 boys Zowie and Zidane. It must just as depressive for the tourist (peak season now). Come the week-end we should have the sunny side of Mauritius back but with an extreme humidity. If you want the news about in Mauritius, in french, then visit 2 online daily newspapers. Express Le Mauricien You can also use my search engine to question all Mauritius online newspapers and media,Search Media and Newspapers in Mauritius more tomorrow ... read more

Tuesday 15th February How sad didn’t this morning feel, this trip’s last full day? Harriet woke us up early as we had a meeting with our friend Mr Meela, the bee expert, today. We were to spend the morning with him and Harriet on a field trip to see how the Akie tribe was getting on with the beekeeping and animal husbandry project they were involved in. In the afternoon we were planning to go to the big ‘mnada’ or Maasai market in Kibaya which happens on the 1st and the 15th of every month. After breakfast we set out with Massud driving, our first stop being Mr Meela’s house from where we were to pick him up. He lives in Kibaya, not far from Harriet, in a neat, white washed house with a small shamba ... read more

5 new search engines dedicated to Mauritius including Tourism After many weeks of tweaking, trying, testing my 5 search engines are finally up. Be patient, I am not Google, my search engines are a bit slow, I am still working on this. Tourism Search Engine In Mauritius Residential Telephone numbers Search Engine In Mauritius Business Search Engine In Mauritius Newspapers Search Engine In Mauritius Government Search Engine In Mauritius Any comments or new sites suggestions are welcome. Another site that I own is Mauritius Hotels See you tomorrow ... read more